Creative Writing
Introductions
- ”You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression”
What is a introduction?
What should an introduction do?
Five Rules of what an Introduction
Should Do
1. Set the mood
2. Establish a setting
3. Hook your readers
4. Introduce a main character
5. Give a hint of the plot
Make your Story Flow
”And then” is boring!
Therefore! But!
Skip the intro…Once apon a time…
Go for emotion
Make it about life and death!
As I finished my glass of milk I made sure she was
dead…
The night was cold and the storm was wild. Macy
was trembling as she silently walked through the
night.
Fear is a powerful feeling, it sneaks up on you
and grasps you. Once it’s caught you it’s locked
around your spine controlling your every move.
Rewrite and continue the story
Sammy woke up and looked outside. Sammy
got up and ate breakfast then went outside.
Sammy’s phone beeped and Sammy looked at
it and then Sammy walked inside again. After
doing the dishes and getting dressed it was
time to go to the bus stop. The bus was late.
Sammy was going to be late.
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